The Queensland Government has released a discussion paper outlining plans to reduce the state’s blood alcohol limit for drivers from 0.05 to 0.02 per cent.
The new limit would bring Queensland in line with Sweden and Norway, which record the lowest road toll figures in the world.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she believes the reduced limit [...] - Tags:
A stoush of epic proportions has apparently kicked off between V8 Supercars Australia management and the operators of Queensland Raceway. For V8 Supercar fans in Queensland, the end result is there will be no V8 Supercar round held at Queensland Raceway in 2010.
How it escalated is anyone’s guess. However a press release from Queensland Raceway’s [...] - Tags:
V8 Supercars
Lotus Cars have finally found a home in Brisbane, joining with Euromarque to become known as Lotus Brisbane.
The dealership is in Fortitude Valley just five minutes from the centre of Brisbane and only 15 minutes from the airport. It’s across the road from the Emporium retail and dining district exposing the brand to a larger [...] - Tags:
Nissan 370Z King Of The Mountain.
Does the turbo AWD fraternity have to worry about the new 370Z? How about Boxsters, AMG Benzes, M-series BMWs and S-badged Audis? In Brisbane, there’s only one way to find out.
- by Alborz Fallah – photos – Tristan Schoonens.
Earlier this year I took a Mitsubishi Evolution X up Mount Glorious/Nebo [...] - Tags:
Mount Glorious,
Mount Nebo,
Nissan 370Z,
Nissan Reviews
For those of you who are not aware, Round 10 of the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship is scheduled to run on 3-6 September, in the east coast of Australia.
The Repco Rally Australia as it’s officially titled, includes closed-road competition stages through Tweed and Kyogle Shires in Northern New South Wales with a rally car [...] - Tags:
Rally Australia
-by Josh McKenzie
I guess I can only blame myself for having been in this position. You see, I would normally do 25,000km a year as stipulated in my novated lease.
However, for reasons that can only really be justified by a sense of adventure and youthful exuberance, I felt the need to spend parts of the [...] - Tags:
Citing what it somewhat facetiously calls an “outbreak of common sense” Mercedes-Benz has congratulated the Victorian Government on a decision that will change the types of cars young and probationary drivers are allowed to drive.
You’ll recall that we recently reported that following representations from Volkswagen Group Australia the New South Wales Road Traffic Authority (RTA) [...] - Tags:
At the pinnacle of motorsport, Mark Webber stands alone as Australia’s only current Formula 1 driver, racing alongside teammate Sebastian Vettel for the Red Bull F1 team.
Although this could change very soon with 20-year-old Queenslander Chris Wootton announced as one of just three drivers to be granted a $100,000-plus scholarship to compete in the Formula [...] - Tags:
We all know the horror graphic ads showing in detail what smoking does to our body, but does it really have a lasting affect? Has anyone quit smoking because they saw an ad showing what it’s like to have throat cancer?
Recently we posted these rather graphical ads showcasing the “most emotional” road safety ads from [...] - Tags:
The final road toll figures for 2008 have been released, setting last year’s record at 1463 road casualties.
This is a reduction of 153 deaths over 2007 and 135 over 2006. The good news is this is the best year on record since 1949, it sounds even better when you take into consideration that there are [...] - Tags:
Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain – Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious
- Words by Alborz Fallah Photography by Tristan Schoonens
For those of you that have settled into the reality that Australia has no real driving roads, I am here to shatter your illusion.
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Mitsubishi Lancer,
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
THE Brisbane International Motor Show, scheduled for February 6 to 15 next year, has been held over until 2010 because of a shortfall in exhibitor numbers resulting from the global economic downturn, organisers announced today.
The Australian Automobile Dealers Association (Queensland) said the cancellation of some manufacturer exhibition bookings, the latest being Toyota and Volkswagen, and [...] - Tags:
Brisbane Motorshow
Queensland’s favourite motor sport event of the year has been axed after the State Government and Indy bosses couldn’t find a mutually beneficial agreement on the event’s future.
Indy’s governing body, the Indy Racing League, had suggested the race be moved from October to March given October clashes with the American Football Season, however that option [...] - Tags:
Toyota will race debut the first of four TRD Aurion Aussie Racing Cars in next weekend’s Nikon Indy 300 race on the streets of Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland.
The exciting Aussie Racing Cars compete nationally at V8 Supercar events, as well as the Indy 300 and the Australian Grand Prix with Toyota is the first manufacturer to [...] - Tags:
TRD Aurion
Have you ever wondered just how many drivers on Australian roads have forgotten basic road rules? A fair few, according to a study conducted by Budget Direct earlier this month.
The study asked 1000 motorists nationwide over the age of 25 about basic road rules on parking, multi-lane roundabouts and giving way when passing through [...] - Tags:
Alice Springs to El Questro – 1702 kilometres
Words - Anthony Crawford, Photography – Mark Watson & Anthony Crawford
When I heard about this epic journey by chance, I threw my hand up and yelled “I’m there”. Well, wouldn’t you?
God knows what’s going to happen with my workload over the six days that I will be absent [...] - Tags:
Land Rover crosses Australia for its 60th Anniversary.
- Story by Paul Maric, photographs by Paul Maric and Land Rover.
The 1948 creation of the Land Rover Series 1 came to fruition courtesy of Maurice Wilks, who was the head designer at Rover during the late ‘40’s. Throughout the company’s 60 year history, there have been [...] - Tags:
If you can afford the $280K that it costs to park an Audi R8 in your garage, then you’re one of a blessed few.
But when these pics were snapped, the blessing seems to have been on vacation. Apparently taken on the Gold Coast, the aftermarket “additions” shown in these photos leave a little to [...] - Tags:
Audi R8
While more and more motorists continue to perish on QLD roads, the Police force have been obsessed with increasing the number of speed cameras (which hasn’t reduced the road toll at all), so now they have a new idea: disqualified drivers will face having their cars impounded and sold at auction starting from July.
Last month [...] - Tags:
Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh and Public Works Minister, Robert Schwarten have both accepted delivery of the first of 50 Honda Civic Hybrids.
The Hybrid’s have been purchased by the Queensland Government as part of its QFleet Climate Smart Action Plan 2007-2010 – an initiative aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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